He’s happy in Napoli. Don’t think he will leave just yet
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Napoli Player
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
We've done this sort of reasoning for years and it has never worked.
I reckon he stays for another year for sure. If he has another year like this one, it'll be hard for Napoli to keep him afterwards. He will be keen to move himself after couple of seasons in Italy and with bigger teams circling.
This.
When this thread started two years ago people made Scrabble jokes.
A year ago he was tearing up his contract in Russia over family safety, Ukraine and personal threats. Moved to the Georgian league instead
He is living the dream.
eh, it's an interview with the agent of one of the most sought after players around. Of course he was asked where he could end up playing and he answered. Making clear there were no plans to leave Napoli right now
Tbh the only big sides I actually see him signing for are PSG and Barcelona. Some players are at that level that you don't bother signing anyone for their position, even if they might be a bit better, because that "bit better" option is probably 150m and you already have elite output from the left
PSG might get him after Neymar leaves. Different question if he'd want to go there. Barcelona don't have someone set on LW but their finances are still fecked. But they're the most realistic.
- Madrid have Vini
- Bayern have Mane and Coman and Musiala
- United have Rashford
- City have Grealish/Foden
- Liverpool have Luis Diaz
- Chelsea just spent 100m on Mudryk and are getting Nkunku
- Arsenal probably can't afford him and have Martinelli, though maybe they're an option as they wanted Mudryk
PSG might get him after Neymar leaves. Different question if he'd want to go there. Barcelona don't have someone set on LW but their finances are still fecked. But they're the most realistic.
Would be a waste for Madrid, he probably has higher potential than vini but the latter is already world class and one of the best in his position, would be a waste of cash.
One of the best players in the world. Wondergoal that was.
I'm not going to argue that it was a good goal, but my word the defence was absolutely shocking, probably close to Sunday league standard that.
Good players have tendency of making the opposing defence look shite, we already know that after having watched the mardona and Messies of this world.
Great goal, that.
I think you need to steady on with the superlatives here.
A good goal yes, but three defenders should not be taken out of the game and selling themselves like that by one body swerve/change of direction, it's quite frankly embarrassing.
Undoubtedly a good player, but he is playing in a team greater than the sum of its parts, the crazy superlatives should wait until he does likewise, if he does likewise, next season.
We should through the kitchen sink at Napoli for him and Osimhen
Couldn't agree more. Dream summer signings.
No way Carragher is announcing his name without spitting everywhere.
called him the most exciting player in the game today the other day
Reading this sentence hurts my head
He’s great with scope to improve. The goal was well taken.
He did a similar move in the first half at the byline where he faked a cross and totally sold the defender. I was expecting a cross too
He did a similar move in the first half at the byline where he faked a cross and totally sold the defender. I was expecting a cross too
Ribery reincarnation.
It would depend on who the player doing the swerving and misdirecting is and his capability on both sides of his body and his reputation. Defenders often freeze in the presence of exceptional attackers because every move could be the wrong one, which leads to second guessing and hesitancy.
I think you need to steady on with the superlatives here.
A good goal yes, but three defenders should not be taken out of the game and selling themselves like that by one body swerve/change of direction, it's quite frankly embarrassing.
Undoubtedly a good player, but he is playing in a team greater than the sum of its parts, the crazy superlatives should wait until he does likewise, if he does likewise, next season.
So unless you're talking about really top class defenders, which there are few of, the likelihood of them being sold rather than not, is going to be considerably higher.
I love watching this current Napoli side, they’re exciting and brimming with talent.
Now if we could sign a could sign erm Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen..
Now if we could sign a could sign erm Kvaratskhelia and Osimhen..
We either have to get him or pray he doesn't go to any of our rivals. As far as I'm concerned, Antony or Sancho are not even remotely as good as this guy.
Can see Chelsea offering 200 million for him this summer!
this kid is earmarked for Madrid
How long is his contract? If 5 he's doing another two years at Napoli minimum.
Being fair, Sancho was also doing incredible things in an equally strong league as Kvicha before we moved for him. It's the only thing that would make me hesitate to pay megabucks to get him from Napoli - he doesn't seem to have electric pace and could find the step up to the PL to be difficult as a result (same as Sancho). Lovely player to watch though.
More importantly than anything, he's just got an incredibly satisfying name to say.
Exciting flair players like him are rare nowadays, we're in the era of system players now.
More likely Barcelona IMO. Madrid have Vinicius so they won't spend big on a LW. Barca are the ones who don't have a long term LW.
Can actually see Chelsea moving for him once they realize Mudryk is a dud. Bayern also a possibility.
Bayern wouldn’t spend that much on a player
Italian football is on its way up. I wouldn't be surprised, if there will be 3 Italian clubs in the CL quarter finals this year. More than any other country has.
One of the first rules of defending is to stand up unless you really must go to ground.
Here they had no need to go to ground.
They weren't close enough, they weren't set and got done way to easy. It's good skill but very poor defending, I don't think that controversial to say.
A lot of rules go out the window against the best dribblers. It isn't unfair of you to say, and it is the logical thing, but elite dribblers cause sensory overload and make very 'weird' things happen to usually sound defenders and keepers.
An easy example would be how Ronaldo (Fenom) would make keepers literally sit down, making seemingly no attempt for the ball, unable to process what was happening in a tiny time frame quickly enough. Everyone knows that shouldn't happen, but it routinely did.
There are countless great dribblers that make it look like a Benny Hill sketch when they are in full flow; then, it is very few defenders who can keep up with them and process what they should be doing in real time.
Long story short: I think there comes a dribbling level where you can't look at it through the same lens as merely good or competent dribbling and the countermeasures for that - there comes a level where freezing and humiliation is rife, and this guy is doing everything asked of him thus far to suggest he belongs in that tier. He looks like the best dribbler on the planet this season, so I don't think it's a surprise that he's making comedic turns of swathes of defenders to this point in time.
Real Madrid's next 'project'.
Move heaven and and earth to bring this guy. What an absolute beast.
I get that, but this guy isn't a patch on Ronaldo (either Ronnie), Maradona et al yet.
Those players had an advanced reputation which got into the defenders Psyche, this guy isn't at that level yet, he's had less then a season in Serie A.
The proof as to his true ability will be how he performs next season in a) a different team, one that isn't as dominant as Napoli are in a weaker than usual Italian league or b) a Napoli team who lose a few key players.
If he follows the same trajectory and puts in similar numbers then yes he deserves the comparisons to those types of players, but we have seen this countless times, player comes from relative obscurity where he was doing a decent job to have an incredible breakout season, only to then fizzle out.